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Spring Hill defers interim rules for on-site rock crushing after developers and residents press for revisions
Summary
After extensive testimony from developers and contractors, the Board of Mayor and Aldermen voted unanimously to defer interim permitting rules for on-site rock crushing to Jan. 21 to allow staff, stakeholders and elected officials to negotiate changes addressing hours, dust control and site-plan requirements.
The Board of Mayor and Aldermen unanimously deferred consideration of Resolution 24-303, interim permitting requirements for on-site rock crushing, to the Jan. 21 BOMA meeting after extensive public testimony and board discussion.
The proposal — intended to add interim permit conditions to the Unified Development Code — drew developers and contractors to the dais who warned that a one-size-fits-all approach would cripple routine on-site recycling of blasted rock. "A portable rock crusher is no different than a bulldozer or an excavator — it's portable because it comes to a site, it's used, and then it's removed," said Ralph Cadass of South Star, representing the Legacy Point development. He…
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